From eb528ed4d5692d08dada919c7d91355ce4799ea1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Ebergen <tom@ebergen.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2023 13:59:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] update README

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 README.md | 13 +++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f8a695fbb..62f771319 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,12 +10,21 @@ install.packages("duckdb")
 
 ## Building
 
-The default build compiles a release version from an amalgamation.
+To build the bleeding edge of duckdb-r, you can clone this repository and run 
 
 ```sh
-R CMD INSTALL .
+~duckdb-r: R CMD INSTALL .
 ```
 
+If you wish to test new duckdb functionality with duckdb-r, make sure your clones of `duckdb-r` and `duckdb` share the same parent directory. Then run the following commands
+```sh
+~ (cd duckdb && git checkout {{desired_branch}})
+~ (cd ducdkb-r && ./vendor.sh)
+~ (cd duckdb-r && R CMD INSTALL .)
+```
+
+It helps if both the duckdb directory and duckdb-r directory are clean. If you encounter linker errors, merge both duckdb-r and duckdb with their respective main branches. 
+
 
 ## Dependencies